Sylvain surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Sylvain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,143 people carried this name — #14,050 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted. That is up 26% from 1,707 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 734 people named Sylvain.

44 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Haute-Vienne.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 44
Haute-Vienne 77
Paris 55
Pas-de-Calais 52
Nord 45
Isère 45
Dordogne 32
Charente-Maritime 25
Gironde 22

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 64 people named Sylvain live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Hainaut 28
Brussels-Capital 15
Flemish Brabant 11
West Flanders 5
Namur 5

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Sylvain in American newspapers,
1891–1909.

Newspaper page from Iowa County Democrat carrying the name Sylvain
Iowa County Democrat 1895-08-08
Newspaper page from Evening Capital carrying the name Sylvain
Evening Capital 1891-03-14
Newspaper page from The Labor World carrying the name Sylvain
The Labor World 1909-06-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,991 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Sylvain,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georges Sylvain
    Georges Sylvain 1866–1925 · writer
  • Benito Sylvain
    Benito Sylvain 1868–1915 · diplomat
  • Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain
    Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain 1898–1975 · writer
  • Jules Sylvain
    Jules Sylvain 1900–1968 · screenwriter
  • George Sylvain 1819–1891 · politician
  • Louis-Philippe Romuald Sylvain 1852–1945 · writer

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Sylvain.

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